great exhibition

August 27, 2024 7:58 AM

Hidden beneath the streets of London, the Crystal Palace Subway is a Victorian foot tunnel and a relic of a bygone era. Opened in 1865 alongside the 'High Level' railway station, the subterranean maze features include ornate design elements, including a grand Italianate facade. [ad (also includes 9 other places)]

previously: globally unique monuments, archaeological method & conscience, audience, it's still rock & roll to me

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Exhibition

posted by HearHere (7 comments total)

In other underground London news, there's this.
posted by Paul Slade at 9:02 AM on August 27, 2024 [6 favorites]

Another Victorian subway/foot-tunnel of note would be the Thames Tunnel constructed by the Brunels.
posted by Rash at 9:18 AM on August 27, 2024 [2 favorites]

Derail, but an excuse to shout out Crystal Palace by Toronto's Churls from 1968.
posted by whatevernot at 10:33 AM on August 27, 2024 [2 favorites]

I'll admit it, I confused this with the Crystal Maze.
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 11:54 AM on August 27, 2024 [1 favorite]

with the Crystal Maze
trip like i do :-)
posted by HearHere at 12:29 PM on August 27, 2024

From the website: OCTOBER 1996, THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS ‘SETTING SUN’ VIDEO IS SET IN THE SUBWAY

Nice
posted by The River Ivel at 2:13 PM on August 27, 2024 [1 favorite]

while the conversation appears to have fully derailed into, or at least taken a nice detour at, the intersection of architecture & music; i'll just mention only lovers left alive [talesfromtheborder]

back to your regularly scheduled programming: "...explore, and was even used up until the late 1980s, with even a music video..., all a far cry from when it originally opened in the 19th century" [1:40]
posted by HearHere at 3:57 PM on August 27, 2024